This Day In History : The Cure releases Boys Don’t Cry

On this day in history (February 5, 1980), The Cure released their first compilation album Boys Don’t Cry which contained tracks from the Three Imaginary Boys album (which had yet to be released in the US) plus additional songs from the band’s 1978-1979 era. The album was released in effort to increase the band’s exposure outside of the UK.

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Videos

Boys Don’t Cry

Jumping Someone Else’s Train

Track Listing

Boys Don’t Cry

Plastic Passion

10:15 Saturday Night

Accuracy

Object

Jumping Someone Else’s Train

Subway Song

Killing An Arab

Fire In Cairo

Another Day

Grinding Halt

World War

Three Imaginary Boys

On the CD version of the album, Object was replaced by the track So What.

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